OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—Alex Mahlik made his Arkansas Tech debut carding rounds of 69 (-3) and 67 (-5) to take an opening day lead with a 136 (-8) at the Great American Conference Preview golf tournament in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Monday.

The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys men’s golf team sits tied for fourth with a 581 (+5). Tech is tied with Southwest Oklahoma State and Southern Nazarene, and sits behind Henderson State (571), Southeast Oklahoma State (569), and Harding (565).

Mahlik sits at the top of the leaderboard with a two-shot lead over Jordan Perry of Harding.

Marcus Seville of Southeast Oklahoma State is also two back.

Others in action for the Wonder Boys are Rowdy Garrett who tied for eighth with a 145 (+1), Jason Purdy who tied for 31st with a 149 (+5), Austin Smith who tied for 36th with a 151 (+7), and Brian Belz who tied for 49th with an opening day 158 (+14).

Jordan Hawkes also shot a 147 (+3) and Julio Arguelles shot a 148 (+4) for the Wonder Boys.